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Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan by Rebecca Corbett

The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on their historical...

HAIKYO: THE MODERN RUINS OF JAPAN

With mazes of expressways pushing scores of traffic through action filled, neon lit cities, there is perhaps no better platform than...

THE TEABOWL : EAST AND WEST by Bonnie Kemske

The teabowl has become an iconic form in contemporary ceramics. Having travelled from Japan, where it was an inherent part of chanoyu, or...

SOETSU YANAGI : SELECTED ESSAYS ON JAPANESE FOLK CRAFTS

Sixteen essays by Soetsu Yanagi, key figure of the Japanese folk craft (Mingei) movement. A must read for anybody who liked Yanagi's book...

SOPHIE WALKER : THE JAPANESE GARDEN

"This book offers in-depth insight into the art, culture and aesthetics of the Japanese garden. Written from a garden design...

TRACES OF WORDS. ART AND CALLIGRAPHY FROM ASIA : FUYUBI NAKAMURA

"A fascinating study of word and art forms intrinsic to the cultural, social, and spiritual beliefs of Asia. - Traces of Words: Art and...

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